# अदिति
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अदिति (aditi).

### Proper noun

अदिति • (aditi) f (Urdu spelling اَدِیتی)
* (Hinduism) Aditi (a Vedic goddess, wife of Kashyapa and mother of the Adityas)
* a female given name, Aditi, from Sanskrit
    अदिति राव हैदरी ― aditi rāv haidrī ― Aditi Rao Hyderi
** 2008, “Kabhi Kabhi Aditi”, in Abbas Tyrewala (lyrics), A. R. Rahman (music), Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na, performed by Rashid Ali (singer):कभी कभी अदिति ज़िंदगी में यों ही कोई अपना लगता है। कभी कभी अदिति वो बिछड़ जाए तो एक सपना लगता है। हे अदिति, हँस दे, हँस दे, हँस दे, हँस दे, हँस दे, हँस दे, तू ज़रा। नहीं तो बस थोड़ा थोड़ा थोड़ा थोड़ा थोड़ा थोड़ा मुस्कुरा।kabhī kabhī aditi zindagī mẽ yõ hī koī apnā lagtā hai. kabhī kabhī aditi vo bichaṛ jāe to ek sapnā lagtā hai. he aditi, hãs de, hãs de, hãs de, hãs de, hãs de, hãs de, tū zarā. nahī̃ to bas thoṛā thoṛā thoṛā thoṛā thoṛā thoṛā muskurā.Sometimes Aditi, by chance, there is someone special in life. Sometimes Aditi, when they go away, it feels like a[n unreal] dream. Go on Aditi, laugh, laugh, laugh, laugh, laugh, laugh just a bit. If not, then at least smile a little, a little, a little, a little, a little, a little.

### References

* ↑ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अदिति”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 24
* ↑ Platts, John T. (1884) “अदिति”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 32
* ↑ Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “अदिति”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 59

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* অদিতি (Assamese script)
* ᬅᬤᬶᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
* অদিতি (Bengali script)
* 𑰀𑰟𑰰𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀅𑀤𑀺𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* အဒိတိ (Burmese script)
* અદિતિ (Gujarati script)
* ਅਦਿਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌅𑌦𑌿𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦄꦢꦶꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂃𑂠𑂱𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ಅದಿತಿ (Kannada script)
* អទិតិ (Khmer script)
* ອທິຕິ (Lao script)
* അദിതി (Malayalam script)
* ᠠᡩᡳᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘀𑘟𑘱𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᠠᢑᠢᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦠𑦿𑧒𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐀𑐡𑐶𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
* ଅଦିତି (Odia script)
* ꢂꢣꢶꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆃𑆢𑆴𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖀𑖟𑖰𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
* අදිති (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩭𑩑𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚀𑚛𑚮𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
* அதி³தி (Tamil script)
* అదితి (Telugu script)
* อทิติ (Thai script)
* ཨ་དི་ཏི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒁𑒠𑒱𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨛𑨁𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɐ́.di.ti/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɐ.d̪i.t̪i/

### Etymology 1

From अ- (a-, “not”) +‎ दिति (diti), from the root दा (dā, “to bind”): "being unbound".

#### Noun

अदिति • (áditi) stem, f
* freedom, safety
* boundlessness, infinity
* perfection
* infinity personified as a goddess

##### Declension
#### Adjective

अदिति • (áditi) stem
* unbound
* infinite. boundless
* unbroken, whole
* happy

##### Declension
#### Proper noun

अदिति • (áditi) stem, f
* Aditi, wife of Kashyapa and the mother of the Adityas.
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.89.10:अदि॑ति॒र् द्यौर् अदि॑ति॒र् अ॒न्तरि॑क्ष॒म् अदि॑तिर् मा॒ता स पि॒ता स पु॒त्रः। विश्वे॑ दे॒वा अदि॑तिः॒ पञ्च॒ जना॒ अदि॑तिर् जा॒तम् अदि॑ति॒र् जनि॑त्वम्॥áditir dyaúr áditir antárikṣam áditir mātā́ sá pitā́ sá putráḥ. víśve devā́ áditiḥ páñca jánā áditir jātám áditir jánitvam.Aditi is heaven; Aditi is the firmament; Aditi is mother, father and son; Aditi is all the gods; Aditi is the five classes of men; Aditi is generation and birth.
* the star Castor

##### Descendants

* → Gujarati: અદિતિ (aditi)
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: अदिति (aditi)
    Urdu: اَدِیتی (adītī)
* → Malayalam: അദിതി (aditi)
* → Marathi: अदिती (aditī)
* → Tamil: அதிதி (atiti)
* → Telugu: అదితి (aditi)

### Etymology 2

From the root अद् (ad, “to eat”).

#### Noun

अदिति • (aditi) stem, m
* devourer, i.e. death

##### Declension
### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “अदिति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 18, column 2.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 63